A notice in the foyer of my apartment building triumphantly announces that 11,500 kilograms of paper, from all 6,000 households in Discovery Bay, were recycled up until August 2009 - 1.4 tonnes per month! The tagline on the notice says: 'Green Concept in Green City.'

You recently reported that Chief Secretary Henry Tang Ying-yen - head of the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority - had suggested planting vineyards in the area ('How about a vineyard, says wine lover', October 27).

Recyclers have asked for help as prices paid for waste paper have plummeted. Given scavengers' struggle to make ends meet, should the administration hand a lifeline to the flagging industry? Write to us.

Managers of industrial and commercial buildings could be offered financial incentives to join a waste-separation scheme to be launched later this year, according to the Environmental Protection Department.

Recycloman was introduced to Hong Kong on Wednesday, February 21 at the launch of Time to Recycle Company Ltd. The superhero of the emerging environmental movement, Recycloman is going to help the community learn more about the importance of recycling. He will visit school classrooms, be seen on TV and become part of a mass recognition campaign.

I would like to respond to the letter from Vivian Kwok, 'Government must adopt integrated recycling strategy' (South China Morning Post, February 2). Let me first thank Ms Kwok for her support of the waste-recycling campaign at housing estates and for her help in bringing to our attention problems concerning recycling bins.

As if Hong Kong did not have enough pollution problems, now comes the additional headache of dealing with tonnes of waste paper piling up in schools and other collection points following the collapse of the local recycler, Concordia Paper.